Star Maker
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Star Maker is a 1937 science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon that explores cosmic evolution, advanced civilizations, and vast astroengineering projects on a universal scale.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Olaf Stapledon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| follows | Last and First Men NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical fiction
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
Dover Publications edition
ⓘ
Gollancz ⓘ
surface form:
Gollancz SF Masterworks edition
|
| hasInfluenceOnGenre |
hard science fiction
ⓘ
philosophical science fiction ⓘ space opera ⓘ |
| hasPart |
depiction of multiple alien civilizations
ⓘ
description of galaxy-spanning minds ⓘ encounter with the Star Maker ⓘ |
| hasReception |
influential in philosophy of cosmology
ⓘ
praised for imaginative scope ⓘ regarded as a classic of science fiction ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
aesthetic values in the universe
ⓘ
evolution of intelligence ⓘ religious experience ⓘ rise and fall of civilizations ⓘ |
| influenced |
Arthur C. Clarke
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Freeman Dyson NERFINISHED ⓘ J. B. S. Haldane NERFINISHED ⓘ cosmic-scale science fiction ⓘ science fiction about Dyson spheres ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | novel ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| movement | British science fiction ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | an unnamed human observer ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of a multiverse-like cosmos
ⓘ
early description of Dyson-like astroengineering ⓘ philosophical exploration of creation ⓘ vast temporal and spatial scale ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1937 ⓘ |
| publisher | Methuen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | the universe ⓘ |
| theme |
advanced civilizations
ⓘ
astroengineering ⓘ collective consciousness ⓘ cosmic evolution ⓘ cosmology ⓘ telepathy ⓘ the nature of God ⓘ universal history ⓘ |
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